matitudinal

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*meh₂-“to mature, ripen; opportune, timely; good, great”
2. Latin · derived frommātūtīnus“of, occurring in, or pertaining to the early morning, matutine”
3. Late Latin · borrowed frommātūtīnālis“(adjective) belonging to the morning; of or pertaining to matins; (noun) morning hymn or psalm; book of lauds”
4. Middle French · borrowed frommatutinal
5. English todaymatitudinal

A variant of matutinal (possibly influenced by French matin (“morning”)), which is borrowed from Middle French matutinal (modern French matutinal), and from its etymon Late Latin mātūtīnālis (“(adjective) belonging to the morning; of or pertaining to matins; (noun) morning hymn or psalm; book of lauds”), from Latin mātūtīnus (“of, occurring in, or pertaining to the early morning, matutine”) (from Mātūta (“Roman goddess of the dawn or morning”) (from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to mature, ripen; opportune, timely; good, great”)) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship).

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